Ferdia Lennon wins Waterstones debut fiction prize for “riotous” novel Glorious Exploits
Described as a ‘masterclass in tragicomedy’, the novel, set in Syracuse in 412BC, follows two locals who decide to stage Medea in a quarry using prisoners as actors
Show up, love the process, don’t follow trends: insider tips on how to write a book
If you have a book in you, a novelist, an agent and a publisher each share their top three golden rules for getting it out
Authors ask Waterstones to rehire worker fired after tweet about gender-critical writer
Over 500 industry professionals sign open letter to bookseller after employee’s post about ‘tearing up books’ by Christina Dalcher
June 2024
‘The greatest thinker you’ve never heard of’: expert who explained Hitler’s rise is finally in the spotlight
James Beard awards: two Australian cookbook authors win prizes in ‘the Oscars of food’
‘He made every sentence electric’: Martin Amis remembered by Tina Brown, his old friend and devoted editor
Other lives
Pat Coyne obituary
Cutting their own checks: authors seek help to plug their own books after cuts by publishers
Bill Gates to tell his ‘origin story’ in memoir
May 2024
Johann Hari apologises after falsely attributing Ozempic claim to food critic Jay Rayner
Gerald Cinamon obituary
Irish poetry publisher toasts new home in pub after crowdfunding campaign
UK audiobook downloads up 17% last year, Publishers Association data shows
The Guardian view on YA literature: an adventure for teenagers, a comfort blanket for adults
Book of the day
The Book-Makers by Adam Smyth review – bound to be brilliant
April 2024
More than a quarter of readers of YA are over the age of 28 research shows
Report commissioned by HarperCollins shows that uptake in YA fiction in older readers is due to behavioural changes described as ‘emerging adulthood’ or delaying ‘adult’ life
A page-turner: how to get your reading groove back
Letters: Readers share their tips on discovering new authors and reading more widely
Hoopla around Truss and Rayner shows Michael Ashcroft still steering the debate
John Miles obituary
Survey finds generative AI proving major threat to the work of translators
